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so the competitive thing -- i am not a big fan of that sort of thing. here we are at freedom fest and two kinds of people come to freedom fest. there are those who are so busy that they come in and they are lucky to be here a day or two and then they have to go do this or that. especially speakers. there are two kinds of speakers. we encourage speakers to come and spend all three days at freedom fest and just relax and go to sessions that have nothing to do with what they do normally in business. just take it as a break away from finance. if you are a finance person go to the arts and literature and science and technology. in our music we have music with bob greenberg. that rule should be packed. it was half full when he talked about beethoven. he is the number one teacher, 28 courses on classical music. i am hoping on saturday is in the same room, bob greenberg will talk about music that has caused a riot. it is an interesting topic. but that is me. i am an eclectic person. i am interested in a variety of topics. i will never forget my first experience
so the competitive thing -- i am not a big fan of that sort of thing. here we are at freedom fest and two kinds of people come to freedom fest. there are those who are so busy that they come in and they are lucky to be here a day or two and then they have to go do this or that. especially speakers. there are two kinds of speakers. we encourage speakers to come and spend all three days at freedom fest and just relax and go to sessions that have nothing to do with what they do normally in...
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the the big dreams. but to the immediate future they still had problems. they had written on the north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so, everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of the convention taking over the whole continent, and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. some of them jefferson fought cuba will naturally fall to less like ripe fruit. i don't know what he thought would happen to all the spanish. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me that you mentioned the delay of american recognition of the soviet union. but since you did, i'm wondering is at this conventional wisdom a little bit mistaken? because i always thought of the attitude in berlin in 1933 with whom we did have relationships with hitler's germany, but she held the government of that period as a group of psychopaths and gangsters who came to power by illegitimate means. and so one could say the same about linen's seizure of power. so was this really backcourt on our part or was there some fundamental legi
the the big dreams. but to the immediate future they still had problems. they had written on the north, canada, and spain was still on the south. so, everything was a little tricky. but they had the vision of the convention taking over the whole continent, and more than the continent. mexico, cuba. some of them jefferson fought cuba will naturally fall to less like ripe fruit. i don't know what he thought would happen to all the spanish. yes, sir. >> it never occurred to me that you...
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it was a big thing. again, lots of advantages. it's cool to have interlibrary loans the way you couldn't with an old library card, but this is an old thought. for us the challenge is how do we surprise people when they are going to buy books? that is something we have to solve or the market is going to be narrow, narrow, narrow for the same things we talk about. the one last example is the long tail argument. because of inventory, you know, everything can be found. there's truth to that, but in the movie business ten years ago, they thought that would lead to independent films, but it's been the opposite. you have the big comedies, the independent film market has effectively died in america. i don't think it's an era where people find everything. in fact, there's great tendency for the big block buster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. we look for help in how to break that and small bookstores are a way, but not the only way, and there's issues there too. >> thanks, geoff. >> next panelist is from a bookstore, he's f
it was a big thing. again, lots of advantages. it's cool to have interlibrary loans the way you couldn't with an old library card, but this is an old thought. for us the challenge is how do we surprise people when they are going to buy books? that is something we have to solve or the market is going to be narrow, narrow, narrow for the same things we talk about. the one last example is the long tail argument. because of inventory, you know, everything can be found. there's truth to that, but in...
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this is a big subject in the book. one of the things that interested me very deeply was that in addition to being the first war to have destructiveness at this level, the first world war was the first propaganda war. why? because up to that point in time in europe in the proceeding several decades, all the wars had been fairly small war colonial conflicts where small volunteer armies went out and put down rebellions in africa or asia or whatever. it didn't require a propaganda effort. you know, certain writers like roger kipling could be counted on to supply the proper kind of poetry and story telling when needed to be, but there wasn't anything organized by the government, but right from the beginning, they seemed to realize that this war was going to require a massive propaganda effort. this was especially true in england, and it was another reason that led me to concentrate on england in the book because along the major powers of europe, they did not have conscription. they still had an all-volunteer army, so whippi
this is a big subject in the book. one of the things that interested me very deeply was that in addition to being the first war to have destructiveness at this level, the first world war was the first propaganda war. why? because up to that point in time in europe in the proceeding several decades, all the wars had been fairly small war colonial conflicts where small volunteer armies went out and put down rebellions in africa or asia or whatever. it didn't require a propaganda effort. you know,...
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even a with a big bank account there is an end to it. that's pretty much what is happening. when i pressed the depletion question, he shrugged and said look, they recharge 5% a year with rainwater to read others claim texas portion of the aquifer is much less one tent for%. i get pumped down to 50% but not hurt anybody. we will never punted try and why would i? i live there. i've got about 100 million invested in my property. it's even got a golf course and flashed a quick grin. this is a forever supply of water. mesa will require the rights to sell between 200 to 320 acre-feet of water per year which is enough to supply 1 million to 1.5 million texans. the panhandle counties roberts, and ogletree that would take part in such a deal set over 81 million of the water. as pickens sees it, water is like any other resource. it's a commodity just like a wheel that should be prospect and sold for profit. i don't think you should cut people off from the water. everyone deserves a bite of the apple. it will provide us with a secure drought source for the future. in the summer of 2009
even a with a big bank account there is an end to it. that's pretty much what is happening. when i pressed the depletion question, he shrugged and said look, they recharge 5% a year with rainwater to read others claim texas portion of the aquifer is much less one tent for%. i get pumped down to 50% but not hurt anybody. we will never punted try and why would i? i live there. i've got about 100 million invested in my property. it's even got a golf course and flashed a quick grin. this is a...
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that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority. [laughter] >> thank you. frank, you alluded to charles tilly, and i understand, and agree with much of what you say about that but what you have an overture and i'm not offering another generation that you have to venture into is how did the phenomenon of for an interesting war in particular a fact the evolution of systems as you see it? or is that something -- >> in tri-state building but it doesn't seek to drive state-building after you get a state. it continues. look at the city. there's this big five sided building sitting next to the potomac river. where did that come
that's one of the big dangers, the risks. i still think we have to do it because i think if you have been able to crush in gaza it would've been terrible. but that being said, we just don't know a lot about that society and out it's organized. >> thank you. >> to my -- can my friend jonathan asked -- he had his hand up. 's. >> please come to the mic because this is on c-span. come to the mic. [laughter] >> take orders. >> don't have trouble with authority....
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the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't have strong response of state. things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground, and i travel often to afghanistan, is to be honest, with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an incredibly confident and well led military. in the and that's not enough to substitute for the governance that the afghans and institutions provide. and so it's like, you know, pushing a rock up a hill. we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree. it's hard to find anybody, -- >> guest: that is true. but good governance brings us back to something like democratization. so
the middle of a huge complex, building, helping, developing projects that really is designed to one big grand strategic thing. were every look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state. wherever we are looking whether it is with iraq or iran today, or afghanistan, to prevent pakistan from continuing to fail. the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine, and they are all within the concept of this international state. that is, we don't...
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this is a big subject in my book. one of the things that interests me very deeply was that in addition to being the first war to have destructiveness that this technological level, the first world war was really the pursed propaganda war. why? because up to that point in time in europe and the preceding several decades all the wars have been small-scale colonial conflicts where small volunteer armies, you know, germans, frenchmen, and was men went out and put down colonial rebellions in africa, asia, concord new colonies. it did not require a propaganda effort. you know, certain riders like rudyard kipling to be counted on for supply of the proper kind of poetry and story telling and so forth. there wasn't anything organized by the government by the government. right from the beginning they seem to realize that this war was going to require a massive propaganda effort. this was especially true of england, and it was another reason that led me to concentrate on england in this book. alone of the major powers in europe
this is a big subject in my book. one of the things that interests me very deeply was that in addition to being the first war to have destructiveness that this technological level, the first world war was really the pursed propaganda war. why? because up to that point in time in europe and the preceding several decades all the wars have been small-scale colonial conflicts where small volunteer armies, you know, germans, frenchmen, and was men went out and put down colonial rebellions in africa,...
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labor was a very big thing. the whole city of charleston was being organized by the knights of labor which was a labor organization that was active all around the country. and they said we're in touch with laborers in charleston. they're the ones who are injured and whose houses have been damaged. let us help you. and the city told them, we don't need your help either. we can take care of it ourselves. and they put the word out around the country, we know what's going on, we can take charge of it. send the money to us, and we will take care of it for you. >> so there was actually going to be -- that was actually going to be my next question. when they were divvying out, it's already, like you said, a racially charged environment. when it came down to, um, giving out the provisions, my assumption is it didn't happen equally, yet 60% of the population, like you said, was black. how did -- i'm sure that didn't help the situation. >> there was a lot of wrangling over what made people worthy of aid. and they went to
labor was a very big thing. the whole city of charleston was being organized by the knights of labor which was a labor organization that was active all around the country. and they said we're in touch with laborers in charleston. they're the ones who are injured and whose houses have been damaged. let us help you. and the city told them, we don't need your help either. we can take care of it ourselves. and they put the word out around the country, we know what's going on, we can take charge of...
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this gives us the viewpoint of hitler and his generals, and andrew is trying to answer the really big question to this haunted historian and many others for the last 70 years. why did germany lose the war? was it the superiority of the allied powers? was it strategic errors on hitler's part? in fact, what all of his leer's -- hilt leer's advantages, how could he have ever possibly lost this war? andrew robert's great contribution is to let us participate in effect in a grand strategy course on hitler and his generals. of all the books publishes on world war ii, none before have viewed it from this perspective alone. it is an absolutely intriguing story, and i urge you all to get yourself a copy. surprisingly, there's copies for sale on the corner on the left here, but first before you rush out to by this copy, first a few words from the great historian himself, and, yes, he does turn out to be a young one. andrew reports. -- andrew roberts. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, it's a great honor to be invited to address you this evening, and thank you very much indeed for those kind wo
this gives us the viewpoint of hitler and his generals, and andrew is trying to answer the really big question to this haunted historian and many others for the last 70 years. why did germany lose the war? was it the superiority of the allied powers? was it strategic errors on hitler's part? in fact, what all of his leer's -- hilt leer's advantages, how could he have ever possibly lost this war? andrew robert's great contribution is to let us participate in effect in a grand strategy course on...
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how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe if u had someone in your lineage who had been elected to the highest office which was council. roman council. there were two elected every year. and usually they were elected from the families that already were aristocratic families. >> how did rome fit into italy? >> rome, by this time, by the late republic, dominated all of italy. and there were struggles going on. ceasar was one of them. by people who wanted to extend citizenship beyond rome to much of italy. to the other provinces of italy. so that they would not be subjects, they would be citizens. >> define a
how big was it? how many people there in those days? >> rome was about half a million. >> was it, you say was it a republic? >> it was still a republic, yes. it was a republic. it had these assemblies. that had these people's tribunate. it had the senate. the senate was not elected by anybody, well, actually, that's not true. anybody, it's a strange aristocracy. it was somewhat her ed tarry, but it was also electoral. the way your family became an aristocratic family was whe...
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i'm not really a big fan of that sort of thing. so, here we are at freedomfest and i found there were two kinds of people who come to freedomfest. there are those who are so busy that they come in and they are lucky to be here a day or two. then they have got to go and they have got to do this or that, what have you. especially speakers. there really are two kinds of speakers. we encourage speakers to come and spend all three days at freedomfest and just relax and go to sessions that have nothing to do with what they do normally in business. you just take it as a break away from finance. if you are a finance person, go to the arts and literature and science and technology. we have music here with bob gruenberg and the teaching company, number one teacher. that room should be packed. it was about half full when he talked about it in disguise the number one teacher. he has 28 courses on classical music. i'm hoping on saturday he is in the same room and palace three, four and five. bob gruenberg is going to talk about music that has c
i'm not really a big fan of that sort of thing. so, here we are at freedomfest and i found there were two kinds of people who come to freedomfest. there are those who are so busy that they come in and they are lucky to be here a day or two. then they have got to go and they have got to do this or that, what have you. especially speakers. there really are two kinds of speakers. we encourage speakers to come and spend all three days at freedomfest and just relax and go to sessions that have...
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this big american carrier. guess what? they don't fit on british and french attack aircraft. i was stunned to learn that because i thought, if nothing else, we have been practicing. you know, doing all these things. i'm going to switch gears and go to you, but out tell you, this idea came from, the u.s. navy invited me a couple of years ago to watch carrier operations. i was on board one of our atomic nuclear power carriers. that is somehow fit, how tell you. what they do on those carriers is just out of this world. i was having dinner. on one side of me -- this will be meaningful to the west point cadets, the executive officer pretty much runs his ship. on the other side was the commander of the fighter squadron. i asked -- probably 14 year or 12 year age difference between them. i asked the xl, i said, hey, what do you think about nato. by that time my wife had gone news to me at any dinner party. he gave me this whole picture about how we could never do without it. this is the anchor of western security. over dessert aston exactly the same question to the commander of the
this big american carrier. guess what? they don't fit on british and french attack aircraft. i was stunned to learn that because i thought, if nothing else, we have been practicing. you know, doing all these things. i'm going to switch gears and go to you, but out tell you, this idea came from, the u.s. navy invited me a couple of years ago to watch carrier operations. i was on board one of our atomic nuclear power carriers. that is somehow fit, how tell you. what they do on those carriers is...
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i found out one big railroad. my guys are the same guys in mexico and canada, and the united states, capital from the same place. the technology from all the rest comes from the same place. the roads were operated. so at that point, as is usual in my book, i realized i did not know what i was talking about in the book became very different from the one i set out to write as all talk about later, it was david. i started out thinking that these are going to be powerful efficient corporations with a berth in the churn in the north american west to don't really expect to see it. i did find some in the north american west which is not what i expected to sign. my maternity has as much to do with failure as success. >> one way to read your book, at least in my view is you connect to kind of running argument with the great austrian born longtime harvard economist, joseph schell later, who is most well-known for the phrase created distraction in the history of capitalism and modern economy is all about creative disruption.
i found out one big railroad. my guys are the same guys in mexico and canada, and the united states, capital from the same place. the technology from all the rest comes from the same place. the roads were operated. so at that point, as is usual in my book, i realized i did not know what i was talking about in the book became very different from the one i set out to write as all talk about later, it was david. i started out thinking that these are going to be powerful efficient corporations with...
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and said it's like all doctors, he had a big deal and wanted everybody to know. the saturday evening post was the most popular periodical in the country. i was the place to brag. he also did it to vindicate efforts, as i said. the cap came out, it did indicate evers 24 years after the fact. he was glad that finally edwards reputation as a truthful correspondent was vindicated. it was very big news among media people had always wondered about this account that entered said written many years before. words was still among the living at the time and was very gratified by this and send keen a letter of praise. edwards should be much better remembered that he is, not just for this, but his other work in journalism, one of the early -- he worked with jacob riis, who, of course, how the other half lives. an early supporter of stephen crane. let him stay at his apartment when crane was struggling to write red badge of courage. one of the things that happened to edwards, his house was burned down in 1908. burned to the ground. he lost a lifetime of correspondence and clip
and said it's like all doctors, he had a big deal and wanted everybody to know. the saturday evening post was the most popular periodical in the country. i was the place to brag. he also did it to vindicate efforts, as i said. the cap came out, it did indicate evers 24 years after the fact. he was glad that finally edwards reputation as a truthful correspondent was vindicated. it was very big news among media people had always wondered about this account that entered said written many years...
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kind of a big question. i will paraphrase several versions of it that came up from members of the audience. one standard narrative of the transcontinental railroad is it is the first in a series of federal investments in the development of the american west. federal nation building that extends from the transcontinental railroad itself to federally subsidized through the great hydro projects of the early and middle 20th centuries. the interstate highway act of the 1950s and the federal subsidies for high-speed rail in california. some would argue there's a direct genealogy here and all these are part of a long-running historical project to invest in the kind of communication and transportation and energy producing infrastructure that made this region. to the extent that is the story the initial sense of this process was misplaced at this time. should we extrapolate from that about the later installations of this same general strategy, the hydro project, you opined about this recently, high speed rail. >> mak
kind of a big question. i will paraphrase several versions of it that came up from members of the audience. one standard narrative of the transcontinental railroad is it is the first in a series of federal investments in the development of the american west. federal nation building that extends from the transcontinental railroad itself to federally subsidized through the great hydro projects of the early and middle 20th centuries. the interstate highway act of the 1950s and the federal...
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the big guys could not be found. it took months or years to find some of them tracking them to australia or california or colorado. the men hunts were intensive and relied on the testimony of former friends to find these men. the trial lasted a couple weeks at a time but stretched over a period of years. many king pins could not be found when the trial started but the evidence was building up against them as more of their business partners testified against them. when they were caught the case went to trial. kingpin is a formal term and a statute requires ten years in prison. at a minimum they receive ten years. some received 25. one receive 40 years and he died in prison. because of a possibility of parole many of them did last time then sentenced but spend 70 or 20 years in prison. some of them have passed away but others are still alive leading lives much quieter than they previously had. their lives lack of glamour and excitement of years past but they have interesting stories to tell and happy to share them. >>
the big guys could not be found. it took months or years to find some of them tracking them to australia or california or colorado. the men hunts were intensive and relied on the testimony of former friends to find these men. the trial lasted a couple weeks at a time but stretched over a period of years. many king pins could not be found when the trial started but the evidence was building up against them as more of their business partners testified against them. when they were caught the case...
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you could be a big brother or big sister. there's just a million things he could do that you don't have to have any money. all you have to have his time in months. >> what e.g. do about the iphone in between? >> about that who? >> the iphone in between. >> all this technology with the young and our text messaging have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> well, it's going to take a generation for that to adjust. let's hope that more information will lead to better information and will be better off for it then worse off. i hope that the case for cnn. we've been going through one technological revolution for the last 50 years. i mean, you go back we were born, just seven years ago, they didn't have television. they didn't have nuclear power and nuclear weapons. they didn't have computers. i mean, we had typewriters and carbon paper. we were let me to have a phone or electricity. some people in america didn't have electricity. so you know, we made tremendous progress. we really have technologically
you could be a big brother or big sister. there's just a million things he could do that you don't have to have any money. all you have to have his time in months. >> what e.g. do about the iphone in between? >> about that who? >> the iphone in between. >> all this technology with the young and our text messaging have been split off from the older generations more than ever before. >> well, it's going to take a generation for that to adjust. let's hope that more...
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what i found out was this is one big river. my guys are the same guys whether they are in mexico, canada, the united states. capital for all the roads comes from the same place, technology from the roads come from the same place. the roads are operated. it is an interlocking system. so at that point as is usual, in my books, i realized i did not know what i was talking about. and the book became very different from the one i sent out to right. i will talk about later with david, i started out thinking that these are going to be powerful inefficient corporations. what i will be seeing is the birth of modernity in the north american west we don't expect to see it. and i did find the birth of modernity in the north american west. it's just not the modernity i expected to find. my military hasn't much to do with fairly as it does with success. >> one way to reach a book least in my view is you conduct a kind of running argument with the great austrian born longtime harvard economist joseph schumpeter who is most well-known i suppos
what i found out was this is one big river. my guys are the same guys whether they are in mexico, canada, the united states. capital for all the roads comes from the same place, technology from the roads come from the same place. the roads are operated. it is an interlocking system. so at that point as is usual, in my books, i realized i did not know what i was talking about. and the book became very different from the one i sent out to right. i will talk about later with david, i started out...
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given more and more other avatars, the big comedies. the independent film has effectively died in america in terms of released its i don't think we are living in a world where people find everything. in fact, there is great tendency for the big blockbuster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. so we look for help to figure out how to break that and small bookstores are certainly a way but not the only way. there are issues there, too. >> thanks geoff. the next panelist is actually from a bookstore, mark laframboise, who is from politics and prose independent bookstore. i -- is from chicago and has been a bookseller working at in the bookstore since 1991. he began working in a very small store while in graduate school in illinois and eventually became the head buyer and stored manage of the stone lined bookstore in fort collins, colorado, for five years. he has spent the last 13 years as a bookseller at politics and prose, and is on the executive board of the new atlantic independent booksellers association, the regional bookse
given more and more other avatars, the big comedies. the independent film has effectively died in america in terms of released its i don't think we are living in a world where people find everything. in fact, there is great tendency for the big blockbuster stuff to be stronger and stronger and stronger. so we look for help to figure out how to break that and small bookstores are certainly a way but not the only way. there are issues there, too. >> thanks geoff. the next panelist is...
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. >> the big question, i suppose, and the great debate that continues is whether this was, as he put his command at think you're pretty decisive on the subject, whether it was coming back to my sloppy career in the state or whether it was the most bread the -- brilliant counterespionage action of the war which was supposed to throw off mcclellan into falsely comprehending please intentions. but all that the permission you would think that mcclellan would have been more aggressive and successful. jim, what do you think? counter espionage or mistakes that was taken advantage of? >> * convinced it was a sloppy courier and that the orders virginia when holy orders. they had been lost by the career two other dimensions of it, one of them serious, and one of the not so serious. the series one is why did mcclellan way so long before giving orders to different generals, especially to the general franklyn to force crane. those orders went out to franklin at 6:00 that evening. mcclellan did actually express a certain amount of urgency in his orders to franklin because it was fractus task to re
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is a big company we have got to lead on privacy. we have a responsibility, all of us, not just a socially respect the user but to build the technology that will protect the anonymity, the privacy and the security of what i say, who i say it tooto, where i go, what is important to me. given the recent hearing on phone tracking and given the fact that, if you happen to look at a web site and all of a sudden target the ads started popping up no matter where you go. there is a lot of concern out there about being tracked. does microsoft have the technology and do you aggregate your -- information that the information that you collect from people or can you identify individuals? >> guest: on the phone for instance, there has to be an express action by the consumer to say that you want to know, you want to make your location known. so now that is not, that is not known and not aggregated. every application, every can counter you can either turn it off completely or every action, every encounter you have to expressly say guess you want you
is a big company we have got to lead on privacy. we have a responsibility, all of us, not just a socially respect the user but to build the technology that will protect the anonymity, the privacy and the security of what i say, who i say it tooto, where i go, what is important to me. given the recent hearing on phone tracking and given the fact that, if you happen to look at a web site and all of a sudden target the ads started popping up no matter where you go. there is a lot of concern out...
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this is bound to fail because democracy does can't be that big. it is going to go kaput very quickly and that was the expectation and of course that is what americans are thinking about. that is what lincoln, why he is so obsessed with why we are an experiment. we have got to show them. of course the british were just hoping that the civil war would break the country apart. you know, the british never studied american history very much and when i started studying it was only in the late 20th century. they studied only one subject, the civil war. what else would they study? they were just hoping that this may be what, differently if we study it. lasko but americans were thrilled with this notion that we were in the vanguard of history, that we had a message to bring to the world and that is how we saw ourselves. it may be delusional. the french never have admitted that our revolution was more important than there is. in fact, they somehow think that there's came first. [laughter] they can't really admit that 1776 precedes 1789. that the americans.
this is bound to fail because democracy does can't be that big. it is going to go kaput very quickly and that was the expectation and of course that is what americans are thinking about. that is what lincoln, why he is so obsessed with why we are an experiment. we have got to show them. of course the british were just hoping that the civil war would break the country apart. you know, the british never studied american history very much and when i started studying it was only in the late 20th...
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a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato. then there is the eisenhower doctrine. in a four hour meeting with congressional leaders who else but dwight eisenhower can hold a 40 hour meeting on new year's day. eisenhower presented resolutions to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east and if necessary military intervention by the united states. the house passed a resolution on january 30th, the same day that there was a state visit. now, he insisted that the president come to the airport to greet him, something that he had never done with any other foreign leader. but saudi oil had its clout. he finally agreed to go. he grumbled now he would have to agree everybody at the airport in the future. the eisenhower doctrine passed the senate on march 5th. in a breathtaking two months the white eisenhower persuaded the congress and the and the states to dramatically reorient american policy toward the middle east. the eisenhower doctrine command in the united states to replacing the british as the security
a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato. then there is the eisenhower doctrine. in a four hour meeting with congressional leaders who else but dwight eisenhower can hold a 40 hour meeting on new year's day. eisenhower presented resolutions to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east and if necessary military intervention by the united states. the house passed a resolution on january 30th, the same day that there was a state visit. now, he...
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let's give him a big round of applause. [applause] ..? >> in an interment camp in idaho and how his art examines issues of ethnicity, race, and the japanese-american experience. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history. >> gordon wood presents a series of essays that examine the underpinnings of the american revolution. mr. wood explores the origins of american exceptionalism, the founders' belief in revolution and the radicalism in the 18th century. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> gordon, it's good to be here with you. >> great to be here with you. >> um, i just want to say one thing to the audience before we start, that it's a real treat. gordon wood is really one of the nation's preeminent historians of the revolutionary period if not the preeminent historian. and he's learned, he's at times and i say this in the best sense of the word, contrarian, and he says what he feels. and his book, "the idea of america," is just a fabulous book. you'll be doing a book signing afterwards, if i'm not mistaken, and it really
let's give him a big round of applause. [applause] ..? >> in an interment camp in idaho and how his art examines issues of ethnicity, race, and the japanese-american experience. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history. >> gordon wood presents a series of essays that examine the underpinnings of the american revolution. mr. wood explores the origins of american exceptionalism, the founders' belief in revolution and the radicalism in the 18th century. this is about an...
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his public purse, the grandfatherly man with a big smile and the love of golf was largely his personal intervention. behind the scenes he was strategically rigorous and a tough-minded commander in chief. the people who work for him never doubted who was in charge. eisenhower was a citizen of the world more than any other president. yet he never forgot where he came from and that's why his presidential library is an abilene kansas, close to where i live. he was not a professional politician yet he was one of the most successful politicians in history and supremely protective of his hero's image. he did not hesitate to use subordinates like secretary of state john foster dulles as lightning rods for controversial policies that were in fact his creation. eisenhower had a wild temper. a timber that exploded like a rocket, but at a tense moment requiring great decisions he was unfailingly cool, koln and deliver it. this was a profoundly religious man who had prayer at the beginning of cabinet meetings. yet when the famous temporary rot income he could turn the air blue with soldierly profan
his public purse, the grandfatherly man with a big smile and the love of golf was largely his personal intervention. behind the scenes he was strategically rigorous and a tough-minded commander in chief. the people who work for him never doubted who was in charge. eisenhower was a citizen of the world more than any other president. yet he never forgot where he came from and that's why his presidential library is an abilene kansas, close to where i live. he was not a professional politician yet...
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that's a big part of the contribution of after the 1820 dictionary appears, american culture really has arrived. >> you have a note in there about the global warming. you didn't touch upon that site. >> webster loved, and this is a passion that he shared with thomas jefferson, that is part of the obsession can he counts houses. he also loves to take the temperature and he loves to crunch the numbers you can jettison it, jefferson starts taking the temperature in july 1776. he is writing the declaration and he buys a thermometer and starts taking the temperature indicates a temperature log for 50 years. he writes, and they have a disagreement about global warming. obviously there are no cars and buttons up issue is deforestation in states like vermont. jefferson said it had a huge impact. webster said he didn't. webster's essay has been hailed by people in the field as a major contribution of the weather patterns in the late 18th century. again, what's amazing is this compulsive energy, except for etymology, usually leads to very impressive results but even though the public health treat
that's a big part of the contribution of after the 1820 dictionary appears, american culture really has arrived. >> you have a note in there about the global warming. you didn't touch upon that site. >> webster loved, and this is a passion that he shared with thomas jefferson, that is part of the obsession can he counts houses. he also loves to take the temperature and he loves to crunch the numbers you can jettison it, jefferson starts taking the temperature in july 1776. he is...
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there's a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato, too. then there's the eisenhower doctrine. in a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day 1957, who else but dwight eisenhower would hold a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day? eisenhower presented a resolution to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east. and if necessary, military intervention by the united states. the house passed the resolution on january 30th, the same day that ike paraded the king from saudi arabia before cameras on a state visit. he insisted that the president come to the airport to greet him. that's something that ike had never done with any other foreign leader. but saudi oil had its cloud in those days too and ike agreed to do. and he grumbled to ann whitman now he'd suppose he would have to greet everybody in the future. once israel agreed to withdraw from egypt, the eisenhower doctrine passed the senate on march 5th. in a breast taking 2 months, dwight eisenhower persuaded the congress o
there's a big story about this because politically this was a hot potato, too. then there's the eisenhower doctrine. in a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day 1957, who else but dwight eisenhower would hold a four-hour meeting with congressional leaders on new year's day? eisenhower presented a resolution to those leaders endorsing military and economic aid to the middle east. and if necessary, military intervention by the united states. the house passed the resolution...
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how big a deal was he? >> it was a hugely big deal. his nationally known. he was a national celebrity. any american then as now would instantly recognize his face. how many covers of life magazine? i absolutely lost count. it was a tragedy, period of national mourning and people were stunned that a man who had written so beautifully about courage had taken his own life. people weren't sure what it meant. it seemed -- i compare it to marilyn monroe's suicide which changed the way people thought about a certain iconic femininity. hemingway's suicide was similar. almost the same period of time. the 1960s began revising the way we think about men and women and their role in culture and the price we pay play in those roles. >> he fought a celebrity. >> no question about that. that was one of the things that turned on him. i like to stress he had a treatable depressive mood disorder. suicides' happen. people ask that question why, is it my fault? most people don't commit suicide no matter how difficult their lives become. i don't want to overlook the medical comp
how big a deal was he? >> it was a hugely big deal. his nationally known. he was a national celebrity. any american then as now would instantly recognize his face. how many covers of life magazine? i absolutely lost count. it was a tragedy, period of national mourning and people were stunned that a man who had written so beautifully about courage had taken his own life. people weren't sure what it meant. it seemed -- i compare it to marilyn monroe's suicide which changed the way people...
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i am a big fan. but as much as i like to read hemingway's work, i am just as impressed with biographies on hemingway. i find him just as interesting as anything he ever wrote about. my question is the car,los baker biography from the 1860's is really the yardstick by which all other hemingway biographies are mentioned. i was impressed by one by jeffrey myers about 20 years a ago. my question is how does it measure up against the others and are there any others in the works? because i would love to, you know, i can't read enough about the man. >> you are always entering into difficult territory when you ask scholars to comment on the work of other scholars, but you are on, susan. >> ok. i am very much on the spot here. i absolutely share with you your admiration for baker's biography. it's a wonderful work. it's a little dated now because of, baker really couldn't write about some of the things that later biographers have gu beguno write about. if you want the best of all, you need to read michael rey
i am a big fan. but as much as i like to read hemingway's work, i am just as impressed with biographies on hemingway. i find him just as interesting as anything he ever wrote about. my question is the car,los baker biography from the 1860's is really the yardstick by which all other hemingway biographies are mentioned. i was impressed by one by jeffrey myers about 20 years a ago. my question is how does it measure up against the others and are there any others in the works? because i would love...